Movies like The Big Heat
The Big Heat (1953) is a crime movie directed by Fritz Lang. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. Touch of Evil (1958)
★ 7.7 · 1,664 votes · Crime, Thriller, Drama
A border-town bombing draws Mexican investigator Miguel Vargas into a corruption-ridden police investigation led by crooked captain Hank Quinlan, setting off a deadly struggle over power, justice, and truth.
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2. The Departed (2006)
★ 8.2 · 16,774 votes · Drama, Thriller, Crime
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.
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3. John Wick (2014)
★ 7.5 · 21,470 votes · Action, Thriller
Ex-hitman John Wick comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.
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4. Léon: The Professional (1994)
★ 8.3 · 16,656 votes · Crime, Drama, Action
Léon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he becomes the unwilling custodian of 12-year-old Mathilda. Before long, Mathilda's thoughts turn to revenge, and she considers following in Léon's footsteps.
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5. The Godfather Part II (1974)
★ 8.6 · 14,465 votes · Drama, Crime
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
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6. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
★ 7.3 · 12,570 votes · Sci-Fi, Action, Drama
A group of scientists in San Francisco struggle to stay alive in the aftermath of a plague that is wiping out humanity, while Caesar tries to maintain dominance over his community of intelligent apes.
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7. Jolt (2021)
★ 6.5 · 1,448 votes · Action, Thriller, Crime
A bouncer with an anger management problem goes on a furious and resentful rampage after the murder of a friend.
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8. Sea of Love (1989)
★ 6.6 · 717 votes · Crime, Drama, Romance
Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn't come to terms with his wife leaving him for a colleague. Joining up with an officer from another part of town to investigate a series of murders linked by the lonely hearts columns he finds he is getting seriously and possibly dangerously involved with Helen, one of the main suspects.
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9. Death Sentence (2007)
★ 6.8 · 1,325 votes · Action, Crime, Drama
Nick Hume is a mild-mannered executive with a perfect life, until one gruesome night he witnesses something that changes him forever. Transformed by grief, Hume eventually comes to the disturbing conclusion that no length is too great when protecting his family.
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10. Havoc (2025)
★ 6.4 · 1,357 votes · Action, Crime, Thriller
When a drug heist swerves lethally out of control, a jaded cop fights his way through a corrupt city's criminal underworld to save a politician's son.
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11. Nighthawks (1981)
★ 6.4 · 517 votes · Action, Crime, Thriller
When one of Europe's most lethal terrorists shows up in New York, an elite undercover cop is assigned to take him down by any means necessary.
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